iMac Pro Appears to Include A10 Fusion Chip for Always-On 'Hey Siri'
according digging apple's "bridgeos 2.0" code , macos weekend jonathan levin, steven troughton-smith, , guilherme rambo, upcoming imac pro appears feature a10 fusion chip 512 mb of ram. while full functionality of a10 chip isn't yet known, appears chip enable support "hey siri" functionality, potentially when imac pro turned off.
noted troughton-smith, a10 manage booting process , security imac pro, , hooks system audio, theorized chip might support always-on "hey siri."
the "hey siri" theory confirmed rambo, shared both boot chime bridgeos , setup process "hey siri" discovered within macos.
rumors of arm-based chips being included in macs have been circulating time, , t1 chip appearing in macbook pro drive touch bar last year, rumor began coming fruition. t1 first step in process, however, bloomberg reporting in february custom "t310" arm-based mac chip similar t1 included in future macs , take on additional functionality such handling "power nap" low-power mode functionality.
in june, pike's universum reported upcoming imac pro include secure enclave, suggesting machine indeed include arm-based coprocessor on macbook pro.
unveiled @ wwdc in june, imac pro scheduled launch next month, apple has yet give specific launch date high-end desktop start @ $4999.
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that cool.
first mac a-series processor in coming earlier of imagined! of course different, it’d interesting see used other things app development (ios emulation).
way going used in macs (i.e. coprocessor) in near future, exception of 12” macbook wouldn’t surprised if replaced current intel chips.
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